Wage Dispute Endangers Jet Plane Output
In Los Angeles 25 000 aircraft workers and North American Aviation officials pressed a wage dispute threatening continued F86 Sabre jet production for Korea. Federal Mediator Cyrus Ashington urged postponing a strike and sending reps to Washington talks as the Air Force warned a stoppage could halt the sole Sabre producer and affect Far East operations. Union demands total 28 cents an hour, company offers 5 cents. average wage is $1.67 1/2.
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Defense Department
Ching
Air Force
Far East
Washington
Perides
Harry Malcom
Rochester Bus Line OKs Wage Proposal
Rochester Bus Lines Inc accepted a governor's fact finding commission recommendation for a five cent wage increase for about 30 employees. The AFL Drivers Union local, representing 27 or 28 drivers and one mechanic, will meet by Wednesday midnight to decide, with walkout deadline looming. The commission urged immediate steps to raise more than the five cent ride increase.
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Rochester
Rochester Bus Lines, Inc
AFL Drivers Union
Native Chief Sentenced to Death in Basuto Case
In Basutoland a British court sentenced native chief Maama Shoapana and eight followers to death for the Christmas murder of a man. They were convicted of hacking flesh and limbs to replenish the tribal leader’s medicine horn. Chief Justice Sir Harold William presided with two white and two native judges.
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Bloemfontein
South Africa
Basutol
Maama Shoapana
Harold William
Waxey Gordon Dies at Alcatraz Former Underworld Boss
Waxey Gordon, 63, once New York prohibition kingpin of a coast to coast heroin racket, died of a heart attack at the federal prison hospital on Alcatraz Island. Once allied with Dutch Schultz, Gordon’s career spanned pickpocket to bootlegging and narcotics rackets, with multiple imprisonments and a dramatic 1951 arrest.
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San Francisco
Waxey Gordon
New York
Prohibition Breweries
Alcatraz
Irving Wexler
Gordon
Federal Prison Hospital
Manhattan
Dutch Schultz
Waxey
Schulte
Chicago
al Capone
Leavenworth
Kas
Sing Sing
Attica
N.Y
Tasty Bacon Sandwich Spread Ideas
A home economist Reba Staggs offers tasty bacon combinations for sandwiches ideal for picnics and summer meals. Suggestions include chopped crisp bacon with peanut butter, crisp bacon with chopped egg and mayonnaise, and bacon with pimiento cheese spread or grated carrot and mayonnaise.
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Reba Staggs
Home Economist
Trial Marriage Advocate Bertrand Russell Divorced
Bertrand Russell, the 80 year old trial marriage advocate and Nobel laureate, was divorced today by his third wife Patricia Helen Spence. He did not contest the action, and the case cited desertion. Spence, 41, had long served as his secretary since their 1936 marriage.
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London
Bertrand Russell
Earl
Earl Russell
Patricia Helen Spence
Head hunting in British Oceania islands linked to social decay
In British administered islands of Oceania head hunting once vital to ceremonial life, its suppression is cited as causing social decay and a sharp population drop.
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Islands
Oceania
Divorcee Testifies Redfield OKd Robbery for Love
In Reno a French divorcee, Jeanne Michaud, testified that La Vere Redfield consented to theft of his 10 million dollars to win her favors. She claims Redfield approved a plan to steal his safe while she slept in his bed, as she faces charges of taking 147000 across state lines. The case details a volatile romance and a dramatic courtroom scene.
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Carson City
Redfield
la Vere Redfield
Jeanne D’arc Michaud
Michaud
Reno
Los Angeles
Surprises Found in Former POW Huts at Monteith Jail
In Monteith Canada guards uncover remnants from a World War II German POW camp while demolishing barracks. Reported finds include two homemade radios, maps, a contraband materials box, and earth-filled tunnel walls. Escape tunnels were also discovered beneath flood-lighted posts.
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Monteith
Canada
Humphrey Made Civil Rights Work as Mayor of Mill City
Minneapolis report surveys Hubert Humphrey’s rise from pharmacist and soda jerk to mayor of Minneapolis and U.S. senator. It notes his 1945 mayoral victory, 1948 civil rights push at the Democratic convention, and later Senate actions. Background covers his education, career, family, and early life in South Dakota and Minnesota.
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Humphrey
Mill City
Adolph Johnson
Minneapolis
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Senate
Minnesota Farmer-Labor
Democratic
Luther W. Youngdahl
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Wallace, S. D
Doland
S. D
University of Minnesota
Denver College of Pharmacy
South Dakota
Univer
Langer Tops Fred Randahl in North Dakota Primary
In Fargo, U S Senator William Langer won re nomination in a bitter North Dakota Republican primary. With 800 of 2,206 precincts reporting, Langer led Fred Randahl 40,197 to 33,872, as Randahl conceded. Incumbent Asher Burdick won renomination to Congress amid a closely contested second district race.
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Fargo
U. S
William Langer
North Dakota
Langer
Senate
Fred Randahl
Aandahl
Congress
Aandahil
Truman
Asher Burdick
Brundin Wins renomination Over Albert Jacobson in Primary
In a heated primary race incumbent Gov Norman Brunsdale defeated Albert Jacobson to secure renomination. Other figures listed include Burdick 20 149 Otto Krueger 22 438 Orris Nordhaugen 21 841 and A R Bergesen 20 808 while Clyde Byerly trailed as a fifth candidate.
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Burdick
Otto Krueger
Orris Nordhaugen
A. R. Bergesen
Clyde Byerly
Norman Brunsdale
Albert Jacobson
U S Ranks Sth New York Shipbuilding Slot
The United States remains the fifth largest shipbuilder, with 105 ships on the ways and 1,439,500 gross tons, according to the Shipbuilders Council of America. This accounts for 9.1 percent of the world total.
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U. S
STH
New York
United States
Shipbuilders Council of America
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